OK, so what do the grown-ups wear?

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Smocks are for the very young. Our Fashion Editor laments the dearth of desirable adult looks for summer

I’ll say this for smocks: they’re an improvement on the crop tops and whale tails of yore. But other than that, I can’t find much to get excited about this summer, let alone buy. This has never happened before. I rang Pippa Holt, the 32-year-old fashion features associate on British Vogue , to see whether she was faring any better. Holt has never yet been stumped by a trend and, sure enough, she offered metallics as a flattering option for grown-up women — provided that they buy the right kind. And where would they find the right kind? “Marc Jacobs and